Alaska Child Support Services Division

New Hire / Rehire Data Elements
for electronic file Submission

System processing requires the completion of the Record
Identifier field of the W-4 Data Record.

Field Name

Location/ Position

Length

Alpha/ Numeric

Comments

Record Identifier

1-2

2

A/N

This must contain the characters 'W4'

Employee SSN

3-11

9

N

This must contain a nine-digit SSN.
If this field is blank or contains any alphabetic
characters, the system rejects the record.

Employee Name

First Name
Middle Name
Last Name

12-27
28-43
44-73

16
16
30

A
A
A

At least one character in the First Name and one character
in the Last Name.
If both the first and last names are blank, the system
rejects the record.
If the Employee Middle Name is non-blank, it must contain at
least one character.
No special characters, except hyphens, are allowed.

Employee Street Address

Line (1)
Line (2)
Line (3)

74-113
114-153
154-193

40
40
40

A/N
A/N
A/N

Line (1)
If an address is less than 40 characters per line, do not
concatenate into one line.
Use Line (3) for a military designation or Canadian
Province Code.

Employee City

194-218

25

A

This must have at least two characters.
No special characters, except hyphens, are allowed.

Employee State

219-220

2

A

This must be a valid two-letter U.S. Postal
Service abbreviation of a State or territory.

Employee Zip Code

Zip Code (1)
+4 Zip Code (2)

221-225
226-229

5
4

N
N

First five-digits.
This must be a five-digit U.S. Postal Service Zip Code.
The Zip Code (2) must be either all spaces or all numeric.

Employee Foreign
Address

Foreign Country Code
Foreign Country Name
Foreign Zip Code

230-231
232-256
257-271

2
25
15

A/N
A/N
A/N

If employee's address is a foreign country.
Refer to the U.S. Department of Commerce FIPS Code Manual,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, FIPS PUB
10-4 (April 1995) to derive this code. In addition, FIPS
codes may be found on the Internet at
http://www.itl.nist.gov.
The Foreign Country Name and Zip Code are optional. The
foreign Country Name, if present, must be at least two
characters. Include military designation or Canadian
Province Code.

Employee Date of Birth

272-279

8

A/N

This must be in the Year-2000 formatting CCYYMMDD, if
present. This must be either all spaces or all numeric.

Employee Date of Hire

280-287

8

A/N

This must be the most recent hire / rehire date. Provide in
the Year-2000 formatting CCYYMMDD. This must be
all numeric.

Employee State of Hire

288-289

2

A

This must be a valid two-letter U.S. Postal Service
abbreviation of a State or territory, if present.

W-4 Data Record (continued)

Field Name

Location/ Position

Length

Alpha/ Numeric

Comments

Employer Federal EIN

290-298

9

N

This is the Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)
the IRS assigns to an employer.

Employer State EIN

299-310

12

A/N

This is a number a State may assign an employer.

Employer Name

311-355

45

A/N

This must be at least two characters.

Employer Street Address (Payroll department)

Line (1)
Line (2)
Line (3)

356-395
396-435
436-475

40
40
40

A/N
A/N
A/N

Line (1)
If an address is less than 40 characters do not concatenate
into one line. Use line (3) for a military designation or
Canadian Province Code.

Employer City

476-500

25

A

This must be at least two characters. No special characters,
except hyphens, are allowed.

Employer State

501-502

2

A

This must be a valid two-letter U.S. Postal Service
abbreviation of a State or territory.

Employer Zip Code

Zip Code (1)
+4 Zip Code (2)

503-507 508-511

5
4

N
N

This is the five-digit U.S. Postal Service Zip Code
associated with the employer's address. The Zip Code (2)
must be either all spaces or all numeric.

Employer Foreign Address

Foreign Country Code
Foreign Country Name
Foreign Zip Code

512-513
514-538
539-553

2
25
15

A/N
A/N
A/N

If the employer's address is a foreign country, the
Foreign Country Code is required.
Refer to the U.S. Department of Commerce FIPS Code Manual,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, FIPS PUB
10-4 (April 1995) to derive this code. In addition, FIPS
codes may be found on the Internet at
hhtp://www.itl.nist.gov. The Foreign Country Name and Zip
Code are optional. The Foreign Country Name, if present,
must be at least two characters. Include military
designation or Canadian Province Code.

Employer Optional
Street Address

Line (1)
Line (2)
Line (3)

554-593
594-633
634-673

40
40
40

A/N
A/N
A/N

This is the employer's street address where a child
support wage withholding order should be sent
, do not concatenate into one line. Use Line (3)
for a military designation or Canadian Province Code.

Employer Optional City

674-698

25

A

No special characters, except hyphens, are allowed.

Employer Optional State

699-700

2

A

This must be a valid two-letter U.S. Postal Service
abbreviation of a State or territory, if present.

Employer Optional Zip Code

Zip Code (1)
+4 Zip Code (2)

701-705
706-709

5
4

A/N
A/N

This must be a five-digit U.S. Postal Service Zip Code.
The Zip Code (2) must be either all spaces or all numeric.

Employer Optional Foreign Address

Foreign Country Code
Foreign Country Name
Foreign Zip Code

710-711
712-736
737-751

2
25
15

A/N
A/N
A/N

Foreign Country Code: Refer to the U.S. Department of
Commerce FIPS Code Manual, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, FIPS PUB 10-4 (April 1995) to derive this
code. In addition, FIPS codes may be found on the Internet
at
http://www.itl.nist.gov. The Foreign Country Name must be at least two
characters, if present. Include military designation or
Canadian Province Code.

Filler

752-801

50

A/N

This will be used in future versions. For the current
version, this should be all spaces.